Just a quick question here. Am I missing something, or does the Prime NOT show 1/10ths of a mile for the MAIN Odometer? It shows 1/10ths of a mile for TRIP A and TRIP B (for example: 22.4 miles). But for the Main ODO (Odometer) of the car, it shows ONLY the miles (for example: 1120) not 1/10ths of a mile (1120.7). Just confirming... is this is the case with everyone's Prime? Is the regular Prius the same way? Not a big deal, but just strange. I've never once owned a car (mechanical or digital odometer) that didn't show 1/10ths of a mile on the main car odometer...
Hey there. I don't think I've ever seen Toyota include 1/10th miles on their digital odometers. I know Fords do though, particularly on the Ford Fusion Energi iPhone ?
I guess it's a Toyota thing then. Our 1980s/90s Toyotas (mechanical) had 1/10ths of a mile, and then we went to Hondas for while (and Honda's digital ones show 1/10ths of a mile). Ok, just curious if I was missing something on the display or needed to push a button. Thanks!
My 1986 Accord was my last car to have tenths on the main odometer. My 1984 Ford Mustang did not have tenths. It was my first car to lack tenths. Previous cars had 6 digit odometers, including tenths. That Mustang had only 5 digits, but was the first to include a reset-able trip meter. The Accord jumped to 7 digits. Then my first Subaru ('97) was back to 6 digits, no tenths. After that, the odometers became electronic, not mechanical.
I was still driving that 1986 Accord until 2009, when it was replaced by a 2010 Prius. So I missed a few years.
My 2010 Prius didn't show tenth's on the main odometer either. You could use one of the trip odometers though if you needed that info...
Yeah another 3rd gen owner, same story: tenths on trip meter, not on odo. That's ok with me. If you're tracking mpg by the way, using the odo is the bullet-proof way to record distance traveled: can't be accidentally reset.
Presumably you have a 2004 or 2005, those are the years that had combination meters with the 299,999 limitation (combination meter is the circuit board which has the speedometer display, odometer and fuel gauge). There are fixes for it, either through Toyota who apparently depending on their mood at the moment either does it for free, or charges you several hundred dollars, or tells you it can't be fixed. There is also a guy who will fix it for you for much less, I can't vouch for his work but his thread makes for some very interesting reading. Combination Meters that stop at 299,999 miles, Who's affected and what you can do about it. | PriusChat
2005. I asked on an "it can't be fixed" day. They suggested I use a trip meter to keep track. I pointed out that it only goes to 9,999.9 and they said, "Oh."
Thankfully (hopefully?) that's not a problem on the newer Toyotas, but just from an optics point of view, doesn't really reflect well upon Toyota that they don't think the car is capable of ever lasting for more than 300k, for after all, the odometer is needed for service (scheduled repairs), when you want to sell the car, and all sorts of important things. Toyota should've known better...
